>Is there a quick way to convert myfile.xls to myfile.cvs.? I want to open the cvs as a textfile however showing the text,text,text not as an excel file.
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>I found (using 2007) that i can rename xls to cvs - opening it however, has excel asking to inspect data then resaving as true CSV (in other words it knows it's a fake). Renaming then the csv as txt poses no problem.
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>thanks
>k

I think you need to open the file through Ole automation and then save it as CSV using SaveAs option. I have the code, but you can also record the macro and convert the syntax to VFP.